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What is Electone?
"Electone ®" is the registered trade mark of Yamaha Corporation's own line of electronic organs. With over 40 years manufacturing Electone experience, Yamaha is no doubt the market leader in electronic organs. Thus, Electone is simply the name for electronic organs.
The model D-1(1959) started Yamaha's Electone revolution, and laid the foundation for a new world of musical enjoyment. Although it may seem rather primitive by today's standards, it broke new ground with its analog filters, starting a tradition of technological innovation that is carried on even now.
So, what's so special about Electone? How is it different from other musical instruments? Well, Electone is other musical instruments. Over the years, Electone has evolved from just generating organ-like flute voices to producing authentic voices you've never even dreamt of hearing them from a touch of a finger-tip. Using AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) and FM (Frequency Modulation) technology, Electone is capable of simulating any voices of any musical and percussion instruments. Moreover, it can generate non-musical instrument sounds, e.g., sound of waves, applause, finger-snap, Japanese Kabuki's chanting, …….
If you have seen someone playing an Electone before, you would be amazed to see the movements of both his/her hands and legs running on the Electone. This is because an Electone generally consists of an Upper keyboard, a Lower keyboard, and a Pedal keyboard. The Upper keyboard is played by the right hand, the Lower keyboard by the left hand, the Pedal keyboard by the left foot (occasionally both feet if it is a 25 keys Pedal keyboard). Other controls include the Expression Pedal – controlled by the right foot for volume changes; Left Foot Switch (located on the Expression Pedal) for rhythm controls, Lead glide, etc.; Right Foot Switch (also located on the Expression Pedal) both controlled by the tip of the foot for Registration changes; Knee Lever – controlled by the right knee, to add effects to the voices, such as Sustain, Lead slide, etc.; 2nd Expression Pedal – controlled by the right foot, mainly for Pitch or Tempo changes.
The latest inventions to add onto this technologically advanced musical instrument are the VA (Virtual Acoustic [licensed from Stanford University]) voices and the world's first FSV keyboard. They are featured on the latest model EL-900 and ELX-1m. The VA voices simulate the dynamic characteristics of the actual musical instruments. The VA voices respond to the slightest touch of the key played, e.g., an overblown trumpet can be re-created by the pressure applied on the keys. Therefore, the nuance of a performance can easily be expressed.
The FSV keyboard responds to the horizontal movement of the keys pressed. The pitch (up to one octave) of a voice can be changed by moving the keys left and right. This allows user to have a real-time control on the vibrato of the voice.
